In this multi-faceted introduction to pi, participants perform a bevy of pi-related activities. Ranging from measuring household items to singing pi songs and reading pi stories, this fun and non-intimidating resource serves to bring up...

Launch a discussion of the creative process with a short video that features the daily ritual of Slobodan Dan Paich, a San Francisco artist. Slobodan models his approach to tea painting and shares his reflections on the...

Students complete a unit of lessons on ecosystems. They participate in online activities, create a diorama, write journal entries, and develop a Hyperstudio multimedia project on a selected ecosystem.

Students use a Palm loaded with chemistry software to assist them in gaining information presented in a instructional activity about basic chemistry principles. They perform a basic chemistry demonstration for their class using...

Students learn about farms through literature and center activities. In this farming lesson plan, students read about farming, sing songs about it, sort materials, and do more activities related to farming.

Students use basic materials to create four simple machines. In this introduction to simple machines lesson plan, students are given four different scenarios that require a simple machine in order to solve. The students use devices such...

Students study tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students explore new vocabulary words found while reading Welcome to the Ice House. Students assess the meaning of their new vocabulary words and record their learning...

Learners write electron configurations and identify groups.  In this investigative lesson students use valence electrons to draw electron dot structures. 

Students discover why explorers left their homes to explore and how they played an important part in the discovery of the New World. Students create PowerPoint presentations of a specific explorer's journey and discoveries and the...

Students explore the progression of discoveries that have led to the genetics knowledge that scientists currently have. In groups, students research scientists that have made important contributions to understanding the molecules behind...

Students identify the properties and theorems of triangles. In this geometry lesson, students construct angle bisectors using a compass and straight edge. They identify triangular similarity and congruency.

Young scholars investigate Menelaus Theorem. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the area of polygons. They differentiate between boundaries point, interior points and area of lattice points.

Young scholars prove and use Ceva's Theorem to solve problems. In this geometry lesson plan, students analyze polygons for patterns and calculate the area of each shape. They relate polygons to the real world.

Students study the American Revolution using Google Earth and United Streaming online resources. In this American Revolution activity, students complete a KWL chart with information they know about the American Revolution. Students then...

Students examine a medieval manuscript on astronomy and create their own books based on modern discoveries in astronomy. They choose a subject of modern astronomy that they would like to write and create an illuminated image about.

Learners examine how scientific theories are developed. In this matter instructional activity, students explore the basic idea of quantum theory. They create a timeline of scientists, their contributions, and discoveries.

Students use unitedstreaming and Google Earth to investigate World War II and All Quiet on the Western Front. In this novel and technology lesson, students view a video about the novel using unitedstreaming video, visit the given...

Students explore the physical properties of density. In this hands-on lesson, students calculate density and distinguish between intensive and extensive properties.

Learners identify different parts of a prism and polyhedra. In this geometry lesson, students identify the number of faces, edges and sides of polygons. They solve problems by recognizing patterns.

Students listen to and identify the similar rhyme pattern of two rhymes and apply those concepts to a group creation of a new rhyme. They discover that the given rhyme comes from India by learning a little background information on India.

Students examine the different changes in matter.  In this chemical change lesson students determine the amount of reactant made in a reaction using the law of conservation. 

Seventh graders examine the controversial role of Christopher Columbus. In this Christopher Columbus instructional activity, 7th graders determine what Columbus was like and what his motivations were as they research print and Internet...

Students examine significance of Louisiana Purchase and the journey of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, and compose journal entry to demonstrate their knowledge of the use of the American bison as a resource to both the Corps and...

Students discover the chronology of events related to the Corps of Discovery and the United States space program of the 1960s. They compare the Corps of Discovery's journey with the space exploration program.